Entries from January 2010

Political Mess: Obama, Massachusetts, Volcker, Geithner, Barney and Unintended Market Consequences

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Last week was quite scary. Markets don’t like uncertainty, especially when it is man-made.  The main point of each article below is BOLDED IN RED.   The future of Fannie and Freddie- Tim Iacono -  Wow. Elected officials are really getting carried away in their response to the [...]

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Interesting Stuff: Crayola, Limit of 150, Krasting on Massachusetts

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

    Crayola evolution 1903-2010 – Nick Gogerty – Product, toy, creative tool, cultural icon and study in continuous business evolution.  Here is the evolution of the Crayola spectrum courtesy of Weather Sealed. … Crayola’s color count doubles every 28 years.  … – Designing Better Futures ———— [...]

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Non-Residential Borrowing: Student Lending, CRE, Consumer Loans, Credit Cards

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

  Obama to Nationalize Student Lending with Pending Budget Bill – By Matt Cove – CNS News ———— Fitch Projects Commercial Real Estate CDO Delinquencies to Double to 25% by Year-end – Delinquencies for U.S. Commercial Real Estate Loan Collateralized Debt Obligations closed out 2009 with [...]

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Revolution by the Beatles

January 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Happy weekend.   Watch at Youtube.   Revolution by the Beatles. Played on the David Frost show. This performance was a mixture of their version on the white album and their Revolution on their Hey Jude/Revolution 45.  Wikipedia entry about Revolution Lyrics – my favorite part … You say you’ll change the constitutionWell [...]

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